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Want to see what the hot new technology looks like, and how people are using it? Check here for the latest photos and other images from the realms of high-tech and science.
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SpaceX Dragon's quest to the space station (photos)
May 24, 2012 12:11 PM PDT
The commercial cargo ship successfully completes key preparations as it plans for a berthing Friday at the International Space Station.
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The secret of how to live at AOL (pictures)
May 24, 2012 4:00 AM PDT
For two months last fall, 19-year-old entrepreneur Eric Simons lived at AOL's Palo Alto, Calif., building. He kept his stuff in a locker, showered in its gym, ate its food, and slept on couches. Then he got kicked out.
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Remembering Eugene Polley and his Flash-Matic remote (photos)
May 23, 2012 5:05 PM PDT
The inventor of the first television remote control passed away earlier this week. Here's a look back at his groundbreaking device.
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Will Lego produce a hardware hacker's idea of a set for girls? (photos)
May 23, 2012 6:55 AM PDT
After hearing about a controversy over Lego's girls-oriented set, hacker Limor Fried came up with Ladyada's Workshop, a set that imagines girls as makers. If 10,000 people agree, Lego could make the set.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launches Dragon to orbit (photos)
May 22, 2012 11:59 AM PDT
The first commercial flight bound for the International Space Station marks a new era of space exploration.
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Meet Zuckerberg's new wife, Priscilla Chan (photos)
May 21, 2012 12:23 PM PDT
Last week was a busy one for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who married longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan in a secret ceremony Saturday a day after his company's IPO.
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Solar eclipse caught on camera (photos)
May 21, 2012 10:52 AM PDT
Millions watched agape as the moon swallowed up most of the sun during Sunday's annular solar eclipse.
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Leap Motion bounds ahead with 3D motion control
May 20, 2012 9:19 PM PDT
With its new Leap 3D hands-free motion control system, the startup has made a scientific breakthrough that could enable applications in many fields.
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Scenes from Facebook's IPO (photos)
May 18, 2012 12:12 PM PDT
Mark Zuckerberg rings the ceremonial bell from the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., launching the largest Internet IPO in history. Here are some recent photos posted to his Facebook Timeline.
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Digital foreplay, virtual houseflies among Carnegie Mellon work (videos)
May 18, 2012 6:55 AM PDT
End-of-term projects from Golan Levin's Interactive Art and Computational Design class give us a peek at what kinds of technological mischief our future geniuses are getting up to in school.
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Scenes from Facebook's all-night hackathon (photos)
May 18, 2012 5:54 AM PDT
On the eve of its IPO, Facebook celebrates in geek style by -- you guessed it -- the company's 31st hackathon.
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The big winners of Facebook IPO (photos)
May 17, 2012 2:21 PM PDT
Friends of Zuck: Some of those coming up big in the biggest Internet IPO in history.
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The Top 10 Web IPOs of all time -- pre-Facebook, that is (images)
May 17, 2012 11:00 AM PDT
CNET takes a look at the top IPOs ever posted by Web companies. And the results might just shock you.
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These 'Alpha Geeks' are already living in the future (photos)
May 16, 2012 7:38 PM PDT
The thinkers, designers, engineers, and hackers at the center of the maker movement are focused on the innovation business. At the MAKE Hardware Innovation Workshop this week, the open-source community shows its dedication to giving back more than you take.
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Google's walk-through of Knowledge Graph
May 16, 2012 10:00 AM PDT
Google has created a 500-million-item database of people, places, and things. The results of the effort will start appearing today in search, offering encyclopedic capsules of information on topics.
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Flash mob stages conga line privacy protest against Facebook
May 15, 2012 4:29 PM PDT
Online privacy company Abine organizes simultaneous protests in New York and San Francisco to highlight concerns about Facebook's access to private data.
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Bold redesign of Google+ iPhone app (photos)
May 15, 2012 4:12 AM PDT
Google's new design of its Google+iPhone app has redefined mobile sharing and presentation in social media. Here's a closer look at what's significant in the new app.
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DARPA's vision for getting instant satellite pics to troops (photos)
May 14, 2012 4:31 PM PDT
The SeeMe program seeks to develop a constellation of small low-orbit "disposable" satellites to provide on-demand imagery to troops.
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Impossible dream? 5 CEOs who tried (and failed) to run Yahoo
May 13, 2012 4:58 PM PDT
Now Ross Levensohn has his chance to run Yahoo. But he's walking into a job that has claimed several once-promising CEOs who thought they had what it takes.
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San Francisco's best, as seen from a zeppelin at 1,000 feet
May 11, 2012 3:44 PM PDT
Just a week after the 75th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster, CNET flies on an airship during a SugarSync event and spots some of the best the Bay Area has to offer.
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